The U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland is the chief federal law enforcement officer for the State of Maryland. Since February 2025, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland is Kelly O. Hayes.
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland has jurisdiction over all cases prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney.
Organization The office is organized into divisions handling civil, criminal, and civil rights matters.
U.S. attorneys for the District of Maryland Richard Potts 1789–1792 Zebulon Hollingsworth 1792–1806 John Stephen 1806–1810 Thomas Beale Dorsey 1810–1812 Elias Glenn 1812–1824 Nathaniel Williams 1824–1841 Zaccheus Collins Lee 1841–1845 William L. Marshall 1845–1850 Zaccheus Collins Lee 1850–1853 William M. Addison 1853–1862 William Price 1862–1865 William J. Jones 1865–1866 William Price 1866–1867 Andrew Sterett Ridgley 1867–1869 Archibald Stirling Jr. 1869–1886 Thomas Gordon Hayes 1886–1890 John T. Ensor 1890–1894 William L. Marbury 1894–1898 John C. Rose 1898–1910 John P. Hill 1910–1915 Samuel K. Dennis 1915–1920 Robert R. Carman 1920–1922 Amos W. W. Woodcock 1922–1931 Simon E. Sobeloff 1931–1934 Bernard J. Flynn 1934–1953 George Cochran Doub 1953–1956 Walter Evan Black Jr. 1956–1957 Leon H. A. Pierson 1957–1961 Joseph D. Tydings 1961–1963 Robert H. Kernon 1963 Thomas J. Kenney 1963–1967 Stephen H. Sachs 1967–1970 George Beall 1970–1975 Jervis S. Finney 1975–1978 Russell T. Baker 1978–1981 Herbert Better* 1981 J. Frederick Motz 1981–1985 Catherine C. Blake* 1985–1986 Breckinridge L. Willcox 1986–1991 Richard D. Bennett 1991–1993 Gary P. Jordan* 1993 Lynne A. Battaglia 1993–2001 Stephen Schenning* 2001 Thomas M. DiBiagio 2001–2004 Allen F. Loucks* 2005 Rod Rosenstein 2005-2017 Stephen M. Schenning* 2017–2018 Robert K. Hur 2018–2021 Jonathan F. Lenzner* 2021 Erek Barron 2021–2025 Phil Selden* 2025 Kelly O. Hayes 2025-Present
References
External links Thomas Library of Congress